Re: Response to email clients query regarding mbox

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On 4/6/24 04:34, Chris M wrote:
> Bret Busby wrote:
> > alpine is available through synaptic, if you want to try it,
>
> Hi Bret,
>
> So you use POP 3 too huh, if your archive goes back 20 years?
>
> I installed ALPINE and couldn't get it to connect to my server. I just 
> kept getting " INVALID PASSWORD"
>
> Even though I watched a Youtube video and followed their directions to a T.
>
> imap.fastmail.com/ssl/user=chris
>
> I tried with an app password, still errored.
>
> Then I tried:
>
> imap.fastmail.com/ssl/user=chris@cwm030.com
>
> used the same app password
>
> FAILED.
>
> Tried typing the password in manually.
>
> FAILED.
>
> Then I tried imap.fastmail.com/ssl/user=FASTMAILUSERNAME
>
> Typed in password.
>
> FAILED
>
> Then I tried imap.fastmail.com/ssl/user=FMUSERNAME@FASTMAIL.COM
>
> Typed in password by hand
>
> FAILED.
>
> * shrugs*

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Bret Busby
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